Stephen G. Powell
Professor of Business Administration
AB, Oberlin College, 1971; MS, Stanford University, 1976; PhD, Stanford
University, 1983 Areas of expertiseManagement science, operations management, business modeling and simulation
Current research topicsNovice modeling of unstructured problems, spreadsheet engineering, sensitivity
analysis
Selected PublicationsWith K. Baker, "Methods of Assigning Students to Groups: A Study of Alternative
Objective Functions," Journal of the Operational Research Society, 53(3),
2002; with M. Schwaninger and C. Trimble, "Modeling a Control System for
Organizational Processes," Cybernetics and Systems, 33, 2002; with E. Fleisch
and H. Oesterle, "Rapid Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning
Systems," Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, 14(2),
2004; with K. Schultz, "Throughput in Serial Lines with State-Dependent
Behavior," Management Science, 50(8), 2004; with K. Baker, The Art of Modeling
with Spreadsheets, John Wiley & Sons, second edition, 2007; with K. Baker and
B. Lawson, "A Critical Review of the Literature on Spreadsheet Errors," Decision
Support Systems, June 2008; with K. Baker and B. Lawson, "An Auditing
Protocol for Spreadsheet Models," Information & Management, 45(5), 2008;
with K. Baker and B. Lawson, "Errors in Operational Spreadsheets," Journal of
End User and Organizational Computing, 2008; with R. Batt, Modeling for
Insight, John Wiley & Sons, 2008
AwardsAward for the Teaching of OR/MS Practice, Institute for Operations Research and
Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2001
Professional Activities
Academic positions: Tuck School of Business, 1987–present; Faculty Affiliate,
Glassmeyer/McNamee Center for Digital Strategies, Tuck School, 2001–present;
Academic Director, INFORMS Workshop on Teaching of Management Science
Nonacademic positions: Senior Strategic Analyst, Wang Laboratories, 1983–85;
Senior Operations Research Analyst, RCA, 1985–86; Senior Management
Science Analyst, Merrill Lynch, 1986–87
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